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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/25/53 November 25, 1955 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington was held in the Mayor's Office, City Hall at lO:O0 o'clock A.M.~ Wednesday, November 2§, 195~. Mayor Yowell presiding with Commissioner Cullin, Commis- sioner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Wallace being presente A representative of the press was also present. Motion by Mr, Wheaton and Miss Cullin the minutes of the regular meeting of November 18 and recessed meeting of November 20 be approved as written, carried° The City Clerk announced it was the date and time set for the hearing on L.I.D. 255 and there were no protests received. TheCity Clerk read Ordinance No. 2055 setting the date of the issuance and sale of the~bonds on January 20, 1954. Motion by Mr, Wheaton and Miss Cullin Ordinance No. 205~ be approved, car- ried. The City Clerk read the following applications for a location license to install~Pinball machines: Bluejacket Tavern, signed by Robert L. Rowley; Stan's Drive In,~signed by Stanley R. Basalt; Service Club, signed by j.W. Fox; and RendezvoUs Tavern, signed by Violet G. ~'ossum and Arthur P. Zurfluh. All appli- cations were approved by the Chief of Police. The City Clerk read a change order No. 2 on L.I.D. No.. 256 in the amount of $55.84, covering an additional item of ll.~.2square yards of ~our inch concrete sidewalk on Veldee Avenue from 24th to 26th Street. Motion by Mr. Wheaton end Mr. Yowell the change order be approved, carried. The City Clerk read a letter from the City Engineer recommending the pay- ment of Estimate ~. 2 in the amount of $5,06~.24 be made to Ted Hyde Construc- tion Company on LID No. 256. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Miss Cultin the claim be paid, carried. ! The City Clerk read a claim voucher in the amount of $662.94 from Hyde Con- struction Company coven ng Estimate No. ~, for retained percentage. The claim was substantiated by a report from the Stateoof Washington Department of Labor and Industries that Ted Hyde Construction Company had made payroll report end paid premiums due the Accident and Medical Aid funds of the Department of Labor and Industries covering the construction of sidewalks, curbs and gutters on Nip- sic AvenUe from East 15th Street to East 16th Street. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the voucher be approved, carried. The City Clerk brought up for discussion the depository resolution which were passed last week. It was felt that it was not necessary to have both MissCullin's name and Miss 0dden's name appear on the withdrawals and it was recommended the word "either"b® inserted where the word "both" appeared. Motion by Miss Cullin and Mr.~heaton to concur in the recommendation, car- ried. The City Clerk read Ordinance No. 2054, An Ordinance amending use and area maps of Ordinance No. 17~2 rezoning a portion o£ the SE~ of the NE~ of Section 21, Township 2~ North, Range i East. Williamette Meridian, (gravel pit) from Residential One to Manufacturing Zone. M Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the passage of Ordinance No. 2054, carried. The City Clerk read a letter from the Superintendent of Park and Recreation Department recommending the City Clerk be given authorization to call for bids on a new tractor with a hammerknife mower and dozer a~tachments for the Park Dept. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. Wheaton the City Clerk and Purchasing Agent be authorized to call for bids on the new tractor, carried. The City Clerk read a letter from the Chairman of the Phinney Snyder Im- provement Club, DoUglas H. Attridge regarding the possibility of acquiring school property at 20th and 21st Streets between Cambrian and Lafayette Avenues and improving it as a play lot ~through an LID with a tennis court at one end and dedicating ti to the City. Mr. Attridge was in attendance at this Council meeting and the City Attor- ney informed him that the LID law could not be applied to this kind of a project. The Mayor informed Mr. Attridge that the City could not accept this land unless it was equipped completely as the 1954 budget had been cut and there would be no money to improve the property. Three officers of the Parent Teacher's Association attended the Council meet- ing with regard to the censorship of comic books. Mayor Yowell suggested to the group that they submit a list of the people who would be interested in being on a censor board to study the problem and bring the list to the next Council meeting and the matter would be taken up again. November 25, !953 (Con't) The matter of the contract and bond with Ted Hyde Construction Company was brought up.~ The City Clerk reed a letter from Ted Hyde submitting for approval two sub,contractors as follows: Teal Brothers to do the $1earing and excavating and Standard Plumbing and HeatiBg to do the plumbing work. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the subcontractors be approved and the City Clerk be directed to write a letter to Ted Hyde Construction Co., notifying him of the Council approval, carried. The matter of disposition of the trees upon the area was discusse~ and it was decided that the contract be held up for signatures until an agreement was made. It was felt a recessed meeting could be held Friday morning at l0 o,clock to sign the contract. Commissioner Cullin reported that after meeting with Mr. Frank Sether, Chief Clerk of the Department of Fublic Lands from Olympia, it would not be necessary for the City of Bremerton to make another application to renew the lease on the 1st Street Dock. City Attorney Wallace stated that he had recived a letter from Mr. Paul D. Spear of A.C. Allen and Company, Inc., accompanied by a proposed agreement in which it was suggeated that an assign~ent of the Tudor Engineering Company contract be made to the Washington State Toll Bridge Authority on the assump- tion that such action would assure reimbursement of preliminary expense in- curred by the City.~ Mr. Wallace suggested that he,had consulted with Mr. Thorgrimson of Pres- ton Thorgrimson and Horowitz and that in Mr. Thorgrimson's opinion nothing would be gained by such an assignment at this time. The Council concurred in this opinion and requested the City Attorney to so ~dvise Mr. Paul Spear. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Miss Cullin the bills be paid if approved by a majority of the Commissioners, carried. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. Wheaton to recess the meeting until 10:00 o,clock Friday morning, carried. APPROVED: f ~ ~ity C16rk Mayor November 27, 1953 Recessed meeting of the City Council was held at 10:00 o'clock Friday moning November 27, 1953 in the Mayor's Office. Mayor Yowell presiding with Commissioner Cullin, Commissipner Wheaton, City Clerk McGowan and City Attorney Wallace being present. A member of the press and Mr. Ted Hyde of Hyde Construction Company was also present. Mayor Yowell reported that in no way was the reservoir going to detract from the appearance of Evergreen Park as it would be graded and landscaped and would be improved to what it is now. Mayor Yowell also reported that the fir trees which are removed from Ever- green Park, the Water Dept will replace the Park Dept. with cedar poles off the watershed. Motion by Mr. Wheaton and Mr. Yowell the Ted Hyde contract and bond be approved, carried. Motion by Mr. Yowell and Mr. Wheaton to adjourn, carried. APP~ City-Clerk Mayo~